Hand guard for sheep shears



Sept. 4, 1928. v H. KocouREK HAND GUARD FOR SHEEP SHEARS Filed March 10, 1927 v`-v Lili y; /////A ""'A' Il" 4 .have 722507" Patened Sept. 4, 1928.

enlise HAND GUR-D FOR SHEARS.

umn-@anonimo Mai-eh .10, 1927. serial Np. 174,156.

The purpose of this `invention is to pio Vide on Vimproved 4eenstrunion of 1handgmsped `poweoperated .sheep shear und lilio tool for guarding the 'hand of ille opor,- zutor ogninsit nthe movements of the ,journal begining for the `power .shaft `which ris onstoinarrily `ningen `to the hand-grasped lcss ing. 'It consists in the elements Vand festnnes of construction shown ancldesoribed 1o :Lsiindiosted inthe Claims. i

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1 Eignre Lis-s perspeetdwemwn 21` lio nenininnl for securing the sheath @mieli guards litho fliinge iljoint and gezins @nei-eat.

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i; loontec .inlnooorcl vnoefmn 'li'tlieffamilisro nilrllitr. iD :liso 4*lvllfiill :nis named. 1st-fits foward @ed 2P@ ille-swivel@ limon-s1 bearing `fmem.Irwin En and entendis 'iremwandly foil partly enclpsingiand {guarding ltlie fliinge joint `and the shaft sonnestions i ille-neat @for @securing `the i. slfieadi.` t0 iffhe swivelecl journal bearingrgmembel, 1B. [iws dimensoned :it its A'oiivai'cl end foi' 'Wrap- .ping about and i substantially `encornpassing said swiveled journal beaming `member a shoit distance rearward from the real' `enfl of the oas-ing from which said 'swiveled nlsmbei protiudes.` This sWiveled member is neessrily enlarged toward its ,rear end sulioiently to locate `the hinge between the two ,Joninal healing members with its `anis, mentioned, above it 4the pitch line 0f the intermeslilng gemis on the two shafts, `a and 0, and this enlargement 'is `begun by lasperlng `the journal bearing member .from point L-.Shorgt distance fn Mie remof the rear end ,of the @s seen 4eh21; and advantage l is i taken of:` @his `er,1largenaent\ @for seeming' he `foinvzuzd lend of the sheath it@ sind s ,wveled Ajournal inenting imslnben Fsorithis pornos." ither is `provilefl .sheet metal Img, 125, dimonsiolied im enommssr lng thx? end-mrtion of @the -shealahmhenlthe letter 1S ivsafpPed iai-bout the swimeld join'- nal` bearing member ist Lfibra inpensdpom-` tlon, 121, said, ring ibeng oorrlspon ugly fapered and slightly fimgediinn'ardly' at its smaila-end for `susIfllng the :#Qlmavll epd, of the sheath sndfllwving abil-iets 91110D- .filte ond 'bangs 2, `27, and :28, Whish one engegecl with the sheath", lthe tang,` 28, being clinched Clown the :inner thoiieof s See-n `at i428?. A@This @Construction fit. will @he seen, senders @the smaller. sind of 12h@ elaeaiih ,subsmnlally rigidly; dimenned ,folwtting @he `inwind -nlsrgemsntfZL EQI holding `the shegthulely Qnfthisivsledo @wel ihsplilllg member #i112 Seid enlargement, .said ffwimled imembsr is futhlfeafled seen ifm' a @Shmbdisisme immsdiwmly if@ wrd the @owed nomine, 112.1, 'and @here .AsimoffylCl-ed n slut, 2.9% screws@ ont0fi-he-iswiveld Journal .msmbemt said @mailed lpesebnptightl w @11C Dfithelring 1125 sheath Zit/:its foliwla @n tllfledpntnml he messed,lShQuldl'Qf theissrigi u Y vlt willbereeognizedltliot tlleliongiof ,the

o erator grasping thelesingfisgexpqsedto bing upon the operators hand ormrfist to be .veny annoying and `sometimes injurious Hand `causing soreness ,of fthe l hand, and at gall tiine'sz liable `to interfere"kivithvhis aeourte (lll a ferrule, E, is provided handling of the tool in the shearing onorations; and some means of shielding the and from contact with these moving parts is desirable. Heretofore, the only means which has been employed for `relieving against this inconvenience and annoyance, has consisted of a collar or ferrule mounted on the swiveled member and extended over the forward secured end of the sheath so as to substitute a smooth surface for the irregular surface of the sheath and itsfastenings. But this construction does not obviate the defect of having the hand of the operator opposed to moving parts. In the present construction i secured rigidly to the casing, A, at the rear end thereof and extended flaringly rearward to overhang the tapered enlargement of the casing and enclose the forward end of the sheath and its securcments on said enlarged portion of the swiveled journal bea-ring member,

In the form shown in Figure 3,this ferrule has its forward cylindrical portion, e, di-

. mensioned for fitting outside the rear end of j as the casing which is exteriorly rabbeted to form a seat for the cylindrical forward terminal of the ferrule which is permanently secured by bracing or being drive-fitted on said reduced portion of the casing.` In the form shown in Figure 2 the rear end of the casing is interiorly rabbeted at a position corresponding to the interior rabbet, and the cylindrical forward end portion of the ferrule is correspondingly dimensioned to fit in said rabbet where it is permanently secured by bracing or being drive-litted into its seat.'

By `this construction the hand of the operator is entirely guarded from, contact with the oscillating parts which are carried by the rear hinged journal bearing member,

The construction yields the very substantial advantage of shortening the casing to the extent of from one-half inch to threequarters of an inch7 because in the absence of protectionagainst contact with the rear moving parts it has heretofore been necessary to make the hand piece long enough to accommodate the hand of the operator having -a hand of the largest size without dan-` gerously overhanging the moving parts. When the casing Vis provided withV a fixed ferrule flaring as shown to encompass the rear parts, this ferrule may be extended to a distance adequate to accommodate and guard the largest hand against the said moving parts, and such Vextension involving merely overlap upon the vparts against which guards, does not involve any extension in the casing itself or any elongation of the tool as a whole. Y Y z I claim i 1.\In a power-driven sheep shear and the like tool having a hand-grasped casing for the cutter-actuating means, a journal bearing member for the inleadin shaft of said means swiveled to said han grasped casing, a journal bearing member for an antecedent shaft member hingedly joined to said swiveled journal bearing member; a sheath for the hinge joint and power-communicatin f means thereat between said antecedent sha t and cutter-actuating shaft, said sheath being carried by said swiveled journal bearing member in the swiveling movement of the latter, and a ferrule for covering the forward end of said sheath, mounted rigidly with respect to the hand-grasped casing.

2, In the construction defined in claim l, the sheath being of* flexible material rabbeted at the forward end about the swiveled journal bearing member rearward of` its swivel engagement with the casing, and a metal rin within which the forward-rabbet end of t e sheath extends, having tangs clinched into the margin of the sheath at said journal-bearing-enwrapping end, and means securing said ring to said journal bearing member for holding the' sheath also thereto, the ferrule being dimensioned and positioned on the casing for encompassing said sheath-holding ring.

3. In a power-driven sheep shear and like tool having a hand-grasped casin for the main actuating means, a journa bearin member for the inleading shaft of sai means swiveled to the casing, and a journal bearing for an antecedent power shaft hinged to said swiveled journal bearing, the swivel member having an enlargement at the end affording means for positloning the hinge laterally with respect to the axis far enough to accommodate driving connections between the cutter-actuating shaft and an antecedent shaft, and a fel-rule fast on the casing dimensioned for guarding the hand of the o erator from the enlargement of the swivele member.

4. Ina power-driven sheep shear and the like tool comprising a hand-grasped casing for the cutter-actuating means, a journal bearing for the shaft of said means swiveled to said casing, and a journaled bearing member for the antecedent power shaft hin ed to said swiveled 'ournal beari U mem er, a. flexible sheath or guarding t e hinge, and the shaft connections thereat, said sheath being rabbeted at its forward end about the swiveled member forward of the hinge and rearward of the swivel joint; a metal rin encompassing the rabbeted end of the sheat having tangs by which it is clinched to the ing the hinge, and the shaft connections thereat having its forward end rabbeted on the swlveled member' forward of and about the enlargement, a rlng of greater and lesser diameters at the rear and forward ends respectively, diametered at the rear for eneompaesing the Sheath rabbeted on the enlargement, and at the forward end for substantially fitting the swiveled member for-` ward of the enlargement; means at `the end of greater diameter for engaging the sheath forholdlng the `same rabbeted on the enlargement, said swlveled` member being l threaded forward Vof the enlargement, and a nut screwed onto it adapted to `he set up l against the smaller end of the sheath-encompassing ring. t

6. In combination withV the structure defined in claim 5, a ferrule fast on the rear end of the easing standing in advance of the nut, sheath-olinching ring and sheath, di

ametered in excess of the nut, and ring for t guarding the hand of the operator from contact withV said sheath or sheath-holding means. y l

7. In the construction defined in claim 5, a ferrule rigidly secured to the rear yend of the casing and extending flaringly rearward to overhang and encaee in spaced relation` the forward end of said sheath, ring and nut; the rear end of said ferrule terminating beyond the rear edge of the ring.

In testimony whereof, `I have hereunto set my hand at Chicago, Illinois, this 8th day of Merom 1927.

HENRY KOGOUREK. 

